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Austin Guinea Pig Rescue Status Update
We have an important announcement to make. Austin Guinea Pig Rescue is moving to sanctuary-only status, starting now, until further notice. This does not affect pending adoptions, pairings, or applications currently being processed. Our intake is officially suspended. As has been our policy, this still means we will not take owner surrenders, no exceptions. We deeply appreciate our wonderful fosters who have stepped up again and again, on very short notice. We could not exist without you.
Any currently available animals will be listed on Petfinder and we will also post them on our Facebook page. We will always take back animals that were adopted from AGPR if the adopter’s circumstances change. We also will not be offering any boarding. Nail trims still accepted by appointment only.
To answer any questions, the board members need a break. Compassion fatigue is real, and the three of us all deal with chronic health issues. 2019 was very overwhelming with several large intakes from Easter through July, and all the animals had ringworm requiring a minimum of a month of daily treatment each. These intakes resulted in 38 babies!! The painful losses in the last few years of several of our most beloved sanctuary pigs including Jurgen, Augustus, William, Olivia, Rosie, Jellybean, Smores, Basil, Brandon, Eeyore, Xavier, Henry, Stefano, Ari and Daniel still sting. And of course 2020 put the brakes on intakes and adoptions.
Of course we will continue to take care of our current sanctuary/medical pigs: Angelica, Mark, Gengi, Bullet, Catherine and Arya. We have been running Austin Guinea Pig Rescue since 2005, and Kim was very involved in rabbit rescue for 9 years before that. It is exhausting, nonstop work, completely volunteer, and it's time to step back and take a breather. We will continue to post on the Facebook page and website and are always available to speak with area shelters, working with them to help in the ways we can. Thank you for your continued support as we take a little bit of time for the humans!
We have an important announcement to make. Austin Guinea Pig Rescue is moving to sanctuary-only status, starting now, until further notice. This does not affect pending adoptions, pairings, or applications currently being processed. Our intake is officially suspended. As has been our policy, this still means we will not take owner surrenders, no exceptions. We deeply appreciate our wonderful fosters who have stepped up again and again, on very short notice. We could not exist without you.
Any currently available animals will be listed on Petfinder and we will also post them on our Facebook page. We will always take back animals that were adopted from AGPR if the adopter’s circumstances change. We also will not be offering any boarding. Nail trims still accepted by appointment only.
To answer any questions, the board members need a break. Compassion fatigue is real, and the three of us all deal with chronic health issues. 2019 was very overwhelming with several large intakes from Easter through July, and all the animals had ringworm requiring a minimum of a month of daily treatment each. These intakes resulted in 38 babies!! The painful losses in the last few years of several of our most beloved sanctuary pigs including Jurgen, Augustus, William, Olivia, Rosie, Jellybean, Smores, Basil, Brandon, Eeyore, Xavier, Henry, Stefano, Ari and Daniel still sting. And of course 2020 put the brakes on intakes and adoptions.
Of course we will continue to take care of our current sanctuary/medical pigs: Angelica, Mark, Gengi, Bullet, Catherine and Arya. We have been running Austin Guinea Pig Rescue since 2005, and Kim was very involved in rabbit rescue for 9 years before that. It is exhausting, nonstop work, completely volunteer, and it's time to step back and take a breather. We will continue to post on the Facebook page and website and are always available to speak with area shelters, working with them to help in the ways we can. Thank you for your continued support as we take a little bit of time for the humans!
Currently In Need Of A Forever Home
Please click here for any adoptable animals we may currently have.
Please click on each picture to be taken to that animal's PetFinder page.
For a full list of our adoptable animals, please click HERE.
Please check out these other websites and local area shelters:
Austin Animal Center
Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter
City of Georgetown Animal Shelter
City of San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter
City of Killeen Animal Services
Petfinder.com
Petango.com
Please click on each picture to be taken to that animal's PetFinder page.
For a full list of our adoptable animals, please click HERE.
Please check out these other websites and local area shelters:
Austin Animal Center
Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter
City of Georgetown Animal Shelter
City of San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter
City of Killeen Animal Services
Petfinder.com
Petango.com
Austin Guinea Pig Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing a sanctuary home for special-needs-only guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, gerbils, mice, degus and hedgehogs in the Austin, Texas area. Our intake is closed.
